Solving Problems

Happy as a chook out of mud

It’s important to make your chicken shed waterproof, SIMON WEBSTER reports.

Organic strategies for household pests

Paper Wasp Nest

It's one thing to be organic outside in the garden, but all too easy to slip into conventional thinking inside the house. JUSTIN RUSSELL outlines some basic strategies for organic pest control around the home.

Autumn Salads

Rouge d'Hiver lettuce

Autumn is the perfect time of year to plant salad crops and JUSTIN RUSSELL explains the finer points of sowing lettuces.

Climate change causes angry summer

Recent extreme weather is a taste of things to come, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

Grass Clipping Fatigue

Mown Lawn

After surviving a second deluge in two years, JUSTIN RUSSELL deals with overgrown lawns, and a flood of grass clippings.

Stop the Rot

Peach Brown Rot

JUSTIN RUSSELL gives the low down on the fungal disease brown rot, and suggests some simple control measures.

Jerry’s Clay Soil Fix

In the March/April 2013 issue of Organic Gardener, Jerry Coleby-Williams explains the essentials of good soil and how to remedy problems.

When he moved fromthe UK to Australia it took him five years to improve the clay soil in his Brisbane garden. This is how he did it.

Arc de Cucumis

Cucumber Trellis

JUSTIN RUSSELL takes a leaf out of Phil Dudman's book and grows his cucumbers on a reinforcing mesh trellis.

Too hot? Grow microgreens

If it’s getting too hot for growing your favourite leafy greens and herbs in the garden, then try growing your own organic microgreens in pots, writes PHIL DUDMAN

How to solve problems with passionfruit

passionfruit

Got a passionfruit vine that’s giving you grief? Garden writer PHIL DUDMAN helps to unravel some of the most common hitches.